Strip-serving device



F. S. ANABLE.

STRIP SERVING DEVICE APPLICATION FILED AUG.23,1918 RENEWED JAN. 3, 192:.

1,386,675 Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

UNHTEE STATES @FMQE.

FREDERICK S. ANALBLE, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'IO NATIONALBINDING MACHINE COMPANY, 013 BOSTON, IEASSACHUSE'ITS, A CORIORATION OFMAINE.

STRIP-SERVING DEVICE.

Original application filed February 1, 1908, Serial No. 413,798.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent No. 1,168,777. Divided and.

application filed January 8, 1916, Serial No. 70,554. Divided and thisapplication filed August 23, 1918, Serial No. 251,063. Renewed January3, 1921. Serial No. 434,863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK S. ANABLE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Strip Serving Devices,(Case A,) of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, likecharacters on thedrawings representing like parts.

This application is a division of my copending application Serial No.70,554, filed January 6, 1916, which itself is a division of myapplication Serial No. 413,7 98, filed February 1, 1908, now Patent No.1,168,777.

This invention relates to devices or apparatus for supplying strips ofpaper or other suitable material of any desired length to be applied topackages, bottles, bundles or the like as a wrapping means or as a labelor for any other desired purpose, the illustrated embodiment of theinvention showing an apparatus provided with means for holding a stripsupply previously gummed on one side, such strip being adapted to bewithdrawn in selected lengths and further provided wit means formoistening the gummed side of the strip as the latter is withdrawn. Itis apparent that an ungummed strip of paper or the like might beemployed, and the moistening device be utilized for applying adhesive tothe side of the withdrawn strip.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying illustrationof one specific embodiment thereof, the scope of the invention beingmore particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a strip serving apparatus embodying myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of the apparatus shown inFigs. 1 and 2. e

In that form of the invention herein disclosed, means are provided toprevent contact of the free end of the strip of the moistener when theapparatus is not in use.

In the figures, the strip support therein indicated at 1 may be of anysuitable character. Preferably the strip is sup-ported in the form of aroll in a suitable casing upon a base 2, there being suitable tensioningmeans for the roll, as, for example, a thumb nut Preferably mounted uponthe base 2 is a tank or reservoir 4 having operatively connected theretoany suitable moistening device, herein represented as a wick 5 arrangedin inverted U shape with the ends thereof depending into the tank, theintermediate portion being suitably disposed to moisten the strip as thelatter is drawn across the sai'ne. Any suitable strip severing means maybe provided, as, for example, the blade 6 herein represented as inadvance of the moistener.

I utilize means tending to elevate the free end of the strip when notdrawn upon. Herein I accomplish this result by employ- 'ing certainguiding members between the strip support and the moistener. tending,when the strip is not drawn upon, to depress a portion of the strip intothe form of a bight or into U shape, whereby the free end of the stripor the leading end of the hi: it is elevated. Herein I employ a movwhichmay be in the form abio member of a roll having a concaved forward edge8 adjacent which edge is a guiding member 9 having preferably a convexsurface projecting toward the roll 7 so that the strip is transverselyarched by said members 7 and 9.

In Fi 1 and 2 the said member 7 is represented as mounted in slottedbearings 10 in the brackets 11, it being apparent that when the strip isdrawn upon for use, the member is lifted in its bearings so as to permitthe strip to pass straight or substantially straight, if desired, fromthe guiding roll or rod 12, in the rear of said member, the member beingreturned in any suitable manner, as by spring 13. Either member 7 or 9may be concaved, the other member being convex, or the member 7 may becylindrical and the member 9 correspond ingly shaped. In either event, aguiding member is provided tending to be moved by draft upon the stripfor use and tending after the severance of the strip to depress or tomove the strip into the form of a bi 'ht, thus forming the leading endof the big htas represented in Big. 1.

In Fig. 3, a modification of this form of the invention is shown whereinthe roll 14:, which may be cylindrical or concaved or convex, isprovided with means adapted to be impinged upon by the strip to elevatethe same, Pferein I have represented said roll 1.4. as mounted upon abell crank lever 15,

one member whereof is provided with a rod 16' interposed in the path ofthe strip and adapted to be depressed, thereby to elevate the roll 14and permit the passage of the strip in more nearly a straight line. Whenthe strip is not drawn upon, theleading end thereof 'is shaped into abight between the roll 'Mand the guiding members 1'? and 18 adjacentthereto. If desired, the roll 14 may be arranged to be closely adjacentthe rolls 17 and 18 when depressed.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, Idesire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and de script-ive sense, and not for purposesoflimitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in thefollowing claims.

Claims: I

1.;A strip serving device comprising in combination, a strip support, amoistener in operative relation thereto, and means interposed betweensaid support and said moistener to deflect the strip into a bight, and

thereby to separate the leading end of the strip from the moistener,said means including a fixed guide constituting a fulcruming member forthe strip and positioned adjacent the said moistener, and a movablestrip guiding member between said fixed guide and the strip supportandin pr ximity to said fixed guide.

2. A strip serving device comprising in combination, a strip support amoistener in operative relation thereto, andmeans interposed betweensaid support and said moistener to deflect the strip into a bight, and

thereby to separate the leading end of the strip from the moistener,said means including three members, two of which are fixed members, oneof said fixed members being in proximity to said moistener andconstituting a fulcruming member for the strip, the third member beingpositioned between said two fixed members and movable with respectthereto for deflecting said strip.

3. A strip serving device comprising in combination, a strip support, afixed moisdl to deflect the free end of the strip upwardly away from thefixed member.

4. A strip serving device comprising a strip'support, a moistener inoperative relation thereto, and guiding means for the strip between themoistener and its support and including two relatively movable membersprovided respectively with concave and convex surfaces, i r V 5. A stripserving device comprising a tionthereto, guiding means for the stripbetween the moistener and itssupport and mcluding two relatively movablemembersprovided respectively with concave and convex surfaces, andconnections to the movable member having means adapted to be im pingedupon by the strip when drawn upon for use, whereby said movable membermay be separated from the adjacent/member.

En testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification,

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